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What is Emetophobia?

Emetophobia is known by many names (emetephobia, phagophobia, vomitophobia, vomit phobia, sickness phobia, fear of vomiting, fear of gagging, fear of swallowing, fear of choking, globus hystericus), but whatever you call it this condition can affect sufferers deeply.
There are also a number of other fears that can be associated with a fear of being sick including:
•    Gagging or choking
•    Seeing others being sick
•    Choking on food
•    Getting pregnant (due to the possibilities of morning sickness)
•    Drowning
•    Social Phobia

Who does it mainly affect?

This is a condition that appears to affect more women than men and if you are someone who suffers with Emetophobia, you will know only too well that the symptoms can seriously affect and limit your ability to enjoy life to the full as this condition can have a very disabling effect on the sufferer.
Many sufferers will naturally feel very restricted in their life and may avoid all places where there is a possibility of themselves, or others, being sick: for example pubs (or if out, will drink very little or no alcohol), restaurants, clubbing, public transport,  eating in front of others. Due to the link between eating and potentially being sick, many sufferers are a little obsessive about what, where and with who they will eat and will quite often only eat food that they have prepared themselves. Many view being sick as ‘horrible’, ‘dirty’, ‘yucky’ etc, and so as well as worrying about hygiene it is quite common for emetophobics to also have fears of other situations where they might feel the same way: going to the toilet, urinating in front of others (e.g. at a public urinal – shy bladder), or even just being a little bit sweat.